New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-28

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GOOD deal more than nine days wondcr III
Wall Street. Most Of the worst faults Oh tho
American character seem to be exaggerated
% tho noint of burlesoue and combined IN
this Young man. He represents in an eXtfeme
form the thirst for riches that Is too common
with us. There is too much talk about MILL
ions and milionaires in the home ciicic do
well as in the newspapers. The American IVY
IL likely TO hear much more about rlcn men
than he Is about great men. more apou' :" an
Street than about the church or inc coi'eso'
and it is no cause for wonder II nc grows up
with the feeling that the men who make huso
fortunes quickly are the worlds true herocs'
It is unquestionably true that to large cia''
of Young men the career of a man who grows
rich even by doubtful methods, Is aDie 10 own
fast horses and a yacht, and is talked aoouV
in the newspapers, presents all the glory 'h'U 10
worth striving for. Ives certainly represents
too, the ideal of "smartness' whlch young
men of this class revere, and to when we aS
a people are more devoted, perhaps, thah We
sbould like to confess. He was smart enough
10 roll up debts amounting to $l6,Ooo,ooo'
ot an age when other young men
have only fairly begun their careers
smart enough to buy railroads-and
rob them. smart enough to manlpu-
late stock issues and bank accounts -
n way some older professors OF the ART h's"U
envy. smart enough TO own handsome SachO
without paving for it, and to have MS mousse
decorated like palace-(debt secureu ny
mechanics'licn) smart enough to be mystefi-
ouslv bcped Just in the nick OF time py INC
d;sappearancc of his books; smart enough "
moot every bad turn Of luck with DuoyahV
I,uob, but not smart enough to AVOID Delhg
too smart. We should be sorry to think tha'
this young rascal was in any way repre-
sentative American, but his career may DC
studied with profit above all by thoSe "ho
have the training Of the young in their chaise'
This country grows. They have just D'eh
celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary vi U''
battle Of New-Ulm, in Minnesota, recaihng uio
famous Indian massacres OF '62. AL thaV 'i'"'
savapes were killing and scalpng and rava' ing
the country Now 1t is the most thicKy sc''iou
agricultural section Of Minnesota
There Is more room wanted at the OuSVoh
House Remove the red tape.
pecnIiar interest always attaches to charge
Of plagiarism against clergyman ior obvious
reasons The city OF Atlanta now has sehSa.Ion
Of that kind Of considerable proportions, iho
Rev. Dr. j. r. Hawthorne, who Is Gfand worthy
Chief OF the Good Templars OF Georgia recently
delivered an address at Augusta weh-KhoW"
south Carolina lawyer showed by the use OF the
deadly parallel column that no less than twenty
nine Messages Of this address were taken from
~Our Country pamphlet by the Rev. Dr.
Strong. Of Cincinnati But, If all the charges
made against the reverend gentleman are true
no is nm old offender Shortly before he came 70
Atlanta he preached commencement sermon Nv
Macon. which the Rev. DR.. Smith, president oil ule
WESLEYAN Female College there, charged him win |
taking in part from Dr. Guthrie lie was vindl-
Gated however, by q committee OF hts parlsh'onctS'
Last year he preached sermon when Inc
Christian Index" declared was made up from
Fairbanks Studies OF the Life OF christ"
An examination OF the manuscript, it Is said'
showed twenty-five passages so Appropriated
rut this IS not all. lie lately repeated as
sermon one Of Joseph Cooks lectures and even
IN repeline this latest charge against him, Dor
roxed sentence from Sam Jones. Plagiarism
could hardly go further and fare worse
Mr.. Chamberlain should learn discretion from
the oaks on the IIawardcn estave. They know
enough TO keep quiet when they see the Grand
Ola Man going about with his axe.
This summer there Is Louder than ever re-
newal OF the New-Jersey coast fishcrmens old
complaint against the "menhaden pirates; ana
il is well grounded. These pirates are dong
incalculabe harm. They steam along the coast
ut will. carclessly and often wantonly running
through AMI destroying the lishermen's nets.
They not only scoop up menhaden by the Million
but countless numbers OF sea bass blue fish and
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are no good for oil, and Of course cannot be
marketed when taken by the pirates so they |
are either thrown away altogether or ground up |
fo- land fertilizer. The result Of all this is that
the legitimate fishermen are impoverished and |
some Of the coast waters are being utterly de-
populated OF the food fish with which once they |
teemcd There is a State law against these
pirates" which is almost daily violated because |
the State is impotent TO enforce it. A National
law is what is required, backed up by strong |
enforcing arm 1t ought to be passed BY Congress
at its next session.
President Cleveland may we'll pray to be de-
livcred from the Southern friends who want to
arrange n meeting between him and Jefferson
Davis at Atlanta. The war is over but we arc
hardly ready yet to make hero of Mr. Davis.
Mrs. Susanna Salter. OF Argonia, Kansas, is .
believed TO be the only woman ever elected |
Mayor OF town in this country She is only .
twenty seven years OF age and owes her election
10 the fact that an ill-brcd wag issued election
morning n ticket on which her name was substi- |
tuted for that of the candidate for Mayor named /
by the Womens Christian Temperance Union, Of /
which she is prominent member. Her friends |
took the matter up and triumphantly elected her,
turning the JOY Of the joker to mourning Mrs. |
Saltcr's salary will be one dollar year. One |
incident OF the contest was probably unparal- |
leled-the committee that waited upon her to
obtan her consent found her at the washtub |
This throws Cincinnatuss agricultural imple- |
mcnt into permanent eclipse. Some of the papers
are printing her portrait. We should be sorry to
believe that she looks like il, but no one can scan
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